Justice Quotes
“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Fairness is man’s ability to rise above his prejudices.”
-Wes Fessler
“Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.”
-Pope John Paul II
“Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.”
-Desmond Tutu
“Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.”
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people’s children.”
-Marian Wright Edelman
“The ‘Bird’s Nest’ National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of ‘fair competition.’ It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength.”
-Ai Weiwei
“The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.”
-Aristotle
“Fairness is what justice really is.”
-Potter Stewart
“Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.”
-Daniel Defoe
“The aim of justice is to give everyone his due.”
-Cicero
“In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.”
-Albert Einstein
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
-Abraham Lincoln
“Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.”
-George Washington
“If you want peace work for justice.”
-Pope Paul VI
“I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.”
-Dr. Seuss, Yertle the Turtle
“Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.”
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
